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Suppose A and B are two persons. The probability that A does the job is `(4)/(5)` and probability that B does the job is `(3)/(4)` . Then what is the probability that only one person does the job?

A

`(1)/(5)`

B

`(4)/(5)`

C

`(3)/(20)`

D

`(7)/(20)`

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